Old school to host one final dance

TOWNSEND -- The time is fast approaching for the community to say goodbye to the first regional high school.

A new $89 million North Middlesex Regional High School opens in the fall and the old one will be torn down.

The senior class is celebrating by holding a last dance at the old high school for alumni who graduated from 1962 to 2016.

The night promises to be a real blast from the past for the grads from Townsend, Pepperell and Ashby. The $25 tickets include a chance to tour the old building, an awesome cafeteria meal complete with standing in line for square pizza and top 10 music from all the decades the building was open.

Using old yearbooks, students are making posters to line the gym wall, said class adviser Eileen Fredrickson. Recently retired history teacher and graduate Carl Mountain will be there for photo ops.

Pewter ornaments and T-shirts depicting the old school will be on sale.

The proceeds will benefit North Middlesex students. Some will go to the scholarship fund and some to help fund Senior Week.

It costs $220 for each senior to do all the activities during the week, Fredrickson said. Whitewater rafting and a trip to a trampoline park are part of the scheduled activities.

"The goal is to lessen the price of that," she said.

The Alumni Dance will be held Saturday, April 8, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The building will be open from 6:15 to 7 p.m. for tours.

Tickets are available at Bailey's Bar and Grille, McNabb Pharmacy and other locations and will also be on sale at the door.

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